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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">This topic refers to options on the</span><span class="f_UIControl"> Diagram</span><span class="f_BodyText"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="setappearanceoptions.htm">Diagram Properties</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog, used when generating RTF reports for a particular diagram (using either the <a href="rtfdialogoptions.htm">extended</a> or <a href="documentingyourproject.htm">Legacy</a> RTF Report Generator). Display the dialog page by double-clicking on the diagram background, and select the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Diagram</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tab.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="document%20options.png" width="482" height="93" border="0" alt="Document Options"></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Exclude Image from RTF Documents</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Select this checkbox to exclude the image of the current diagram from any RTF reports.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Document Each Contained Element in RTF</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Select this checkbox to ensure the</span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"> Legacy</span><span class="f_BodyText"> RTF report generator includes details of elements that belong in other - external - packages but that are linked in to this diagram within the package being reported on. The relevant section in your (</span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">customized</span><span class="f_BodyText">) document generation templates must also be enabled in order to generate this information in the report.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To enable the template section, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Project | Documentation | Rich Text Format (RTF) Report </span><span class="f_BodyText">menu option and select the appropriate customized template (not a system-provided one) in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Use Template</span><span class="f_BodyText"> field. Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Edit Template </span><span class="f_BodyText">button to display the </span><span class="f_UIControl">RTF Template Editor</span><span class="f_BodyText">. In the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Sections</span><span class="f_BodyText"> panel on the left-hand side of the editor window, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Package::Diagram::Element</span><span class="f_BodyText"> checkboxes.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="document%20editor%20sections.png" width="235" height="113" border="0" alt="Document Editor Sections"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_TiporNoteText">If using the Legacy RTF generator, the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-style: italic;">Element</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> checkbox is automatically checked in your customized template, when you select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Document each contained element in RTF</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> checkbox.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;">Package::Diagram::Element</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">, if left blank, replicates the format of: </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;">Package::Element</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> including sub-element sections (e.g. Package::Element::Scenario).</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;"> Package::Diagram::Element</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> does not have an option to add these sections.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Selecting the checkboxes adds the following set of sections to your report template:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="reportsections.png" width="241" height="131" border="0" alt="ReportSections"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To report on the linked elements in:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">the same style as defined in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Package::Elements</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> section, delete the </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">[right-click-to-insert-Element-field(s)]</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> text to leave a blank area</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">a different style to the elements within the selected package, set up the style as appropriate.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Divide Diagram Into Multiple Pages</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Select this checkbox to divide each large diagram into separate pages in the RTF document.</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">This option is only effective when the <a href="scaletopage.htm">Scaled Printing option</a> is set to </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">None</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Print Advanced</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> dialog.</span></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Rotate Images</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Select this checkbox to rotate each diagram image by 90 degrees in the RTF document.</span></p>
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